furasta

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish urusa (at ease).[2] Akin to fusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠʊɾˠəsˠt̪ˠə/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɾˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/[3] (as if spelled frusta)

Adjective

furasta (comparative fusa)

  1. easy

Declension

Declension of furasta
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative furasta fhurasta furasta;
fhurasta2
vocative fhurasta furasta
genitive furasta furasta furasta
dative furasta;
fhurasta1
fhurasta furasta;
fhurasta2
Comparative níos fusa
Superlative is fusa

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of furasta
radical lenition eclipsis
furasta fhurasta bhfurasta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ furasta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airassa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish urusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfuɾəs̪t̪ə/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɾəs̪t̪(ə)/[1] (corresponding to the form fearasta)
  • (Barra) IPA(key): [ˈfuɾəs̪t̪ʌ][2]

Adjective

furasta (comparative fhasa, qualitative noun fasaid or fasad)

  1. easy

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap